EY has recently been voted as one of the top 3 companies to work for in Europe. At EY, our Financial Services Assurance Team is fully integrated, working across borders to help clients deal with issues that are critical to their success, and winning new business as a result.

Our Extended Assurance team is a key part of our Financial Services Assurance practice and provides ongoing assurance to regulators, management and directors on the execution, governance and controls around processes that do not impact the financial statements.

Current turbulent markets are driving significant changes to all firms’ internal processes, for example through regulatory reporting or demands for better or new management information. Frequently, these new processes will differ from the processes used to prepare financial statements – and it may not be possible to reconcile the two. This disconnect leads to management concern that the output is inaccurate and that this may result in a reputational impact and a fine. Extended Assurance provides assurance around these processes.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for assurance professionals, which are likely to be ACA, ACCA, CIMA, US CPA or CA qualified, who have a strong background in Financial Services. Candidates should have experience of working in assurance, risk and / or controls projects either as an auditor / advisor or within industry.

We are looking for people with Banking & Capital Markets or Wealth & Asset Management experience with particular interest in regulatory & prudential reporting, Benchmarks and Client Money processing and reporting.

Join us and you'll work on challenging projects and accelerate your career within an international and supportive team. You'll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory.

Your goal will be to help clients achieve their potential - and you can expect to do the same. As part of a supportive team, you'll have every opportunity to progress and build knowledge that will make a difference to your CV - and to your entire career.

Role Profile & Skills required:

Desire to build / develop a career in assisting clients with controls assessments / improvements, including the provision of either a formal (assurance) or informal (findings & recommendations) opinion.

Intellectual rigor / flexibility to rapidly understand complex problems and rationalise these into a workable solution which can then be delivered. This includes a strong level of emotional intelligence.

Project leadership with the ability to lead teams and deliver solutions to meet client needs to the expected quality and timescales.

Ability to operate with stakeholders / manage projects which potentially span all functions within client organisations.

High level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions and ability to work under pressure.

Market network / knowledge a benefit.

Desirable Experience:

A successful track record working in financial services having either trained in a Big 4 or a top tier bank graduate programme in audit or Finance. The ideal candidate would have a combination of professional services assurance and industry experience.

Professional qualification is desirable, either in practice ACA/ CA/ ACCA / US CPA qualified (ICAEW, ICAS, Irish Institute or equivalent international qualification) or an equivalent in industry, ACCA, CIMA.

Degree qualified ideally with a 2:1 or equivalent;

Strong knowledge of the spectrum of markets products – securities and derivatives across various asset classes in particular the controls / processing and sound knowledge of their accounting.

Broad knowledge of front to back processes, including Front / Middle Office and support functions, in particular Product Control and Finance and their key processes.

Experience of assurance / audit work either as an external auditor, internal auditor, forensic / financial remediation work or through controls reviews / initiatives.

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